Hunter Pence News

Harper made a game-saving grab in right field and had a couple of big hits at the plate to help the Washington Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in 10 innings on Wednesday.

For Houston, however, manager Bo Porter is encouraged by what he has seen from his team recently.

BASEBALL Yankees-Orioles* 4 p.m. A's-Rangers* 5 p.m. Nationals-Giants* 7 p.m. From the first time he turned a wrench on a car in his native France more than 60 years ago, Marcel... SAN FRANCISCO - At around age 10, Hunter Pence acquired a Barry Bonds poster from his elementary school fair.

Now, he might be considered the second-best catching prospect on the double-A Reading club and the third best in the system.

Today, we're landing somewhere in the middle of the dramatics. Sure, Cloyd got the Cloyd Cloyd-ed out of him last night.

Either the Phils will get on a roll in the next couple months or they will not. There is no quick fix in the meantime.

That being said, we are still in the infant stage of the 2013 season. The Giants have only played 38 games out of 162.

Keeping Philadelphia Phillies ' catcher Carlos Ruiz seems like a simple consideration.

At around age 10, Hunter Pence acquired a Barry Bonds poster from his elementary school fair.

Pitcher slipped in the 2008 draft, but now he's on the cusp of blossoming into a major league starter.

The Phillies missed out on some big ticket items in the off-season. BJ Upton, Michae Bourn, Josh Hamilton and others wound up on other teams, while fans were dying for a big addition in Philadelphia.

After taking two of three in Cincinnati, Atlanta continues its ten game road trip with a four game series in San Francisco.

The Phils' long-time double play combo could both be gone by August. Mandatory Credit: Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports There's been a lot of talk concerning who the Phillies might be trading away should they become sellers in a couple months, and a lot of hand-wringing over the barren state of the farm system once the established stars of yesteryear ... (more)

When the Phillies traded outfielder Hunter Pence last July, the key piece they got in return from San Francisco was catcher Tommy Joseph.

The club, by description and definition, is a small one. In a world of bulging biceps and shrunken ballparks, the slap-hitting speedsters who populated the 1970s and '80s era of spacious, artificial-turf stadiums are nearly extinct, the few remaining required to prove their worth on almost a nightly basis, their margin of error as slim as their ... (more)

Andres Torres singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, enabling the San Francisco Giants to salvage the finale of a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies by posting a 4-3 victory at AT&T Park.

Giants right fielder Hunter Pence had a good game Monday against the Phillies, but the Phillies still won, 6-2. The Phillies acquired Pence in July 2011 to help them win the World Series, but they fell short.

Cliff Lee tossed eight innings of two-run ball in the Philadelphia Phillies' 6-2 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game set.

While the Philadelphia Phillies wait for news on injured ace Roy Halladay , they will look to win their second straight Tuesday against the host San Francisco Giants .

't have an all-out "fire sale" in 2012, they obviously felt their chances for a playoff spot were slim when they traded away starting outfielders Hunter Pence and Shane And who could blame them? At the time of the deal, they were in last place with a 45-57 record and 13 games out of a wild-card spot.